APPLIED MODERNISM

 

 

          Farenheit 451 is considered a modernist novel.  Farenheit 451 was all about the future and things that were completely irrelevant to the present time.  The author was trying to get the point across that we need to make change.  The novel was different from most stories because it was all about books decaying.  Farenheit 451 was a modernist novel that is very different from most novels people read.

 

          The author wrote about books being burnt which had nothing to do with anything in real life.  Firefighters are used to put fires out but in this book, it was all about firefighters burning books down.  The usual good guys were the bad guys in this book because they didn't believe that books were good.  They were afraid of change but Montag wanted change.

 

          The theme of this story was about making change and taking a stand against something most people don't believe in.  The author talked about Montag wanting to find out if books were really as bad as people said they were.  Montag wanted to make a change and do things that other people were to afraid to do.  The author was trying to tell the reader that it's ok to make changes and that the people closest to you can be the ones holding you back the most.

 

          This novel was way more different than any other novel and it wasn't something that people normally think about.  This was a bizarre story that the author created to give a very good and valid point to the reader.  He wrote about books being burnt and a bunch of other crazy things to really get the point to the reader.  The author created this novel to make the point clear to the reader that we need to make change in the things that we do in our life.

 

          Farenheit 451 is a strange but very good and life changing novel.  The author was a modernist because he wrote about things that aren't normal.  He wrote the novel in a different way so that the reader would understand it better.  It wasn't a normal novel about how simple life is, it was all about how things really were in the blind eye.  This was a modernist novel because it was all about change.

MY MODERNIST

I chose Fitzgerald, F. Scott because I like the way he was a free-thinker.  He gained esteem from fellow authors such as Ernest Hemingway.  In a lot of his writings he wrote about what him and his wife Zelda were going through.  He wrote a lot during the Jazz Age.  He is also considered a member of the  Lost Generation.  His most famous writing was The Great Gatsby.

The First Seven Years

I enjoyed reading this story and the twist that it had in the ending.  When Sobel left I didn't quite understand why so I felt as if there was something more to just leaving randomly.  I thought it was weird that Sobel felt that way about a girl that was 16 years younger than him but he must really love her if he only worked at that job for her.  I feel as if he wasn't working for a wage but he was working for her love and attention.  When I understood why Sobel left and when Miriam explained how Max had no soul, I feel like Sobel and Miriam are a good match for each other.  For Sobel to do so much for a girl it clearly expresses that he has a soul.

Vocabulary: Spring List 5

Brouhaha- an outrage
Cloy- Disgust or sicken with an excess of sweetness, richness, or sentiment
Demeanor- Outward behavior or bearing
Deference- Humble submission and respect
Enigmatic- Difficult to interpret or understand; mysterious
Definitive- Done or reached decisively and with authority
Bumptious- Self-assertive or proud to an irritating degree
Choleric- Bad-tempered or irritable
Bulwark- A defensive wall
Curtail- Reduce in extent or quantity; restrict
Adamant- Refusing to be persuaded or to change one's mind
Profligate- Recklessly extravagant or wasteful in the use of resources
Mawkish- Sentimental in a feeble or sickly way
Thwart- Prevent from accomplishing something
Onus- Used to refer to something that is one's duty or responsibility
Requisite- Made necessary by particular circumstances or regulations
Mollify- Appease the anger or anxiety of someone
Sartorial- Of or relating to tailoring, clothes, or style of dress
Presentiment- An intuitive feeling about the future
Impromptu- Done without being planned, organized or rehearsed
Forbearance- Patient self-control; restraint and tolerance
Remit- Cancel or refrain from exacting or inflicting